Unpacking the discursive and social links in BBC, CNN and Al-Jazeera’s middle east reporting

Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-29

  Barkho, Leon ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Al Jazeera; BBC; CNN; Critical discourse analysis; Israel; Online news; Palestine

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249101807     PISSN: 17519411     EISSN: 1751942X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jammr.1.1.11_1     Document Type: Article

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